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Updated:
10/28/2013 09:40:32 PM EDT

The passing of LeRoy S. Maxwell of Waynesboro has left a void both as it relates to our legal profession and the Mason Dixon Council, Boy Scouts of America.

Mr. Maxwell, as a local attorney, was a partner of the firm of Maxwell & Maxwell, from which many of our great attorneys of today got their start. His leadership made a firm which was well respected within our county.

Mr. Maxwell was also very generous and civic minded and shared his talents and expertise with many organization in the Waynesboro area. One that will always stand out with me is that he was an Eagle Scout, and gave back with his services to the Mason Dixon Council.

One area which will always stand out with me was his local chairmanship of the District Eagle Board of Review. Having two boys who are Eagle Scouts, I will always remember his amusement and the wit he used to drill these young men to meet the challenges of their future and the badge for which he wanted them to wear so proudly for that final accomplishment they were about to receive.

On behalf of the Mason Dixon Council I would like extend our sympathies to the Maxwell family as he enters his eternal life where only giant eagles fly.